Sentence examples for refrain stand from inspiring English sources
Many people carried signs expressing exasperation and bewilderment: "WTF," "Shit Is Fucked Up," "What Have You Idiots Done?" Others, such as the marchers from the International Communist Party, seemed unfazed by Trumpism — like the old pros they were, they led a polished, megaphone-powered march-within-a-march, with its own refrain ("Stand up, fight back!").
A particular musical refrain stands out, both as experience and as artifact: the Piano Quartet by Gustav Mahler — that great symphonist's sole surviving piece of chamber music, which he composed around 1876, in his mid-teens.
So McConnell will probably try to refrain from taking a stand in the argument until he absolutely has to.
What's most amazing is that its citizens will not merely refrain from objecting, but will stand and cheer the U.S. government's new power to assassinate their fellow citizens, far from any battlefield, literally without a shred of due process from the U.S. government.
As polling stations closed, hundreds of pro- and anti-autonomy youths wielding sticks ran through the slum as the riot police, ordered to refrain from battling the protesters, stood idle.
Bolton said the U.S. has asked the Kurds to "stand fast now" and refrain from seeking protection from Russia or Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government.
As long as he refrains from taking a stand against the dictator in Islamabad, those who live in the cockpit of the war on terror will feel increasingly alienated from the British, whom they now blame for helping to tip them into the abyss.
The most sacred spot is the Temple Mount, on which many Orthodox Jews refrain from setting foot for fear of profaning the sanctity of the site where once stood the most sacred Holy of Holies.
